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Protocell consisting of a fatty acid vesicle encapsulating nucleic acids. From ExploringOrigins.org.

Required Reading/Viewing

  1. Marchant, J. "Oil droplets mimic early life." Nature News Feb. 2011. Read Article [Marchant2011]
    News article describing Hanczyc and Szostak systems.
  2. Hanczyc, M. "The line between life and not-life" TED Talk May 2011. (15 min). Watch on TED.com [Hanczyc2011]
  3. Szostak, J.W. "Part 1: The Origin of Cellular Life on Earth" iBIology Lecture. July 2011 (55 minutes). Watch on YouTube [Szostak2011]
    You can skip past the general intro to minute 10 with the slide "Modern Life".
  1. Complete series of three Szostak lectures. Watch on iBiology.org [Szostak2011b]